Palghar District is a district in northern part of Maharashtra State in western India. On 1 August 2014, the Maharashtra State government announced the formation of the 36th district of Maharashtra, when a new Palghar District was carved out of the old Thane district; it comprised the talukas of Palghar, Vada, Vikramgad, Jawhar, Mokhada, Dahanu, Talasari and  Vasai-Virar. At the 2011 Census, the talukas now comprising the district had a population of 2,990,116.